From Wire and Staff Reports | Gloucester Daily Times | December 2, 2012 Manufacturing in Massachusetts faces a threat to its survival as older manufacturing workers retire without younger workers in line to replace them, according to a new study. During the next decade, approximately 100,000 manufacturing jobs will open up as older workers retire. […]

By Erin Shannon | Enterprise News | September 14, 2012 AVON — Welding. Mechanical drafting. Metal layout. Machining. Those are among the skills taught to students at Southeastern Regional Vocational Technical High School in Easton to prepare them for future jobs. So school Principal David Wheeler was pleased to hear that Gov. Deval Patrick announced plans Thursday […]